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predecessor meaning in Kannada

ಹಿಂದಿದ್ದವನು

/ˈpɹiːdɪsɛsə(ɹ)/

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Canada/ˈpɹiːdɪsɛsɚ/

predecessor in Kannada: ಹಿಂದಿದ್ದವನು, ಹಿರೀಕ, ಪೂರ್ವಾಧಿಕಾರಿ, ಹಿಂದಿನ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿ. In English, predecessor means one who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.

Kannada words for predecessor

ಹಿಂದಿದ್ದವನು, ಹಿರೀಕ, ಪೂರ್ವಾಧಿಕಾರಿ, ಹಿಂದಿನ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿ, ಪೂರ್ವವರ್ತಿ, ಅಧಿಕಾರದಲ್ಲಿ ಮುಂಚೆ ಇದ್ದವನು

English meaning of predecessor

  1. noun One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.
  2. noun A model or type of machinery or device which precedes the current (or later) one. Usually used to describe an earlier, outdated model.
  3. noun A vertex having a directed path to another vertex.

Full definition of predecessor

predecessor in a sentence

  • The steam engine was the predecessor of diesel and electric locomotives.

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Questions about predecessor in Kannada

What is the meaning of predecessor in Kannada?
Predecessor in Kannada is ಹಿಂದಿದ್ದವನು, ಹಿರೀಕ, ಪೂರ್ವಾಧಿಕಾರಿ, ಹಿಂದಿನ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿ.
predecessor ಪದದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಅರ್ಥ ಏನು?
Predecessor: ಹಿಂದಿದ್ದವನು, ಹಿರೀಕ, ಪೂರ್ವಾಧಿಕಾರಿ, ಹಿಂದಿನ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿ.
What does predecessor mean in English?
Predecessor means one who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.

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Kannada words from Kannada Wiktionary: predecessor (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: predecessor (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Kannada words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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